Category: News and Commentaries

"Results of the second annualEdelman Trust Barometer Special Report: Institutional Investors show that 89% of investors have changed their voting…Continue readingCompanies must address ESG issues to be deemed trustworthy by investors — Edelman survey.

"The survey [by First State Investments and research firm Kepler Cheuvreux], which assessed the attitudes of more than 400 millennials…Continue readingEducation ‘main barrier′ to engaging in responsible investing.

"Delivering a new report, Financing Climate Futures: Rethinking Infrastructure, to the G20 at its Summit in Buenos Aires, the three…Continue readingOECD, UN Environment and World Bank call for a radical shift in financing for a low-carbon, climate-resilient future.

"Non-financial performance measurement and a lack of international standards have been identified as the biggest hurdle for environmental, social and…Continue readingLack of international standards holding back ESG investing, finds BNY Mellon study.

"Accenture, in partnership with Disability:IN and the American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD), has released ’Getting to Equal: The…Continue readingCompanies Leading on Disability Inclusion Outperform Peers.

"A new MSCI study of ESG ratings finds they have a similar impact on share prices as do credit ratings."…Continue readingAre ESG Ratings the New Credit Rating for Stock Prices?

"In a year’s time, the percentage of Millennials expressing a high level of interest in ESG investing jumped from 26%…Continue readingFrom upstream to mainstream: ESG at a tipping point.

"Renaissance′s argument thereafter is that, even if emerging markets have far lower ESG scores, directing capital their way allows for…Continue readingGreen finance: a contrarian take.

"78 percent of S&P 500 companies issue a sustainability report… Among companies that issue sustainability reports, 95 percent offer quantified,…Continue readingS&P 500 Firms Expand Sustainability Data in Financial Filings, But Slow to Adopt Fully Integrated Reporting.

"Based on 642 North American sustainability reports for the 2017 reporting period, CSE created a unique analysis framework. It identifies…Continue readingResearch Links Financial and Corporate Sustainability (ESG) Performance.